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To get a truer feeling for sample colours, they need to be seen against a white background, not taped onto an existing wall colour.
I mean 4-6 sheets of a single color. Designers and architects who have accounts at Ben Moore get them free of charge. I have a huge library of their colors. That's the benefit of using a design professional for color selection.
"Designers and architects who have accounts at Ben Moore get them free of charge."
Ah, well that makes a difference :0)
A big yes to opening up the porch.
Yes, just not clearly presented to you.
1. Don't assume factory paint quality is superior to on site painting.
2. Factory paint doesn't eliminate your need to paint parts of the exterior.
3. Factory paint colors are limited.
4. Don't match to anything on screens. Always real paint chips.
My photo showed multple factory colors assembled for one home. Its a disaster.
Brownwood reads warm and patterned, so the siding should quiet the roof rather than compete with it. I would compare exactly three whole-house directions on the same photo: Aged Pewter with warm off-white trim and a restrained navy door; Monterey Taupe with the same trim and a deep olive-black door; and a muted sage with warmer cream trim and the navy door. Keep the fixed white windows unchanged, and repeat one trim color across the fascia, gutters, and downspouts so the elevation does not collect several disconnected whites. Before choosing, sample large boards beside the roof in morning and afternoon light. I create concept comparisons from homeowner-authorized photos; details are on my profile. They are decision mockups, not exact paint specifications.
Changing out the bossy navy the fireplace is painted now for a softer colour would be all that I would do.
Have you already ordered your new taupe sofa? If yes, I wouldn't make a decision re: your fireplace until your sofa is in the room. It would be a waste of $$ to have made any sort of change to the fireplace surround/mantel/over-mantel if the new taupe sofa doesn't work with the stone/tile/paint color you've used.
If you are just considering purchasing a taupe sofa, I would have fabric samples in the room in order to help with your decision re: stone/paint/etc. If the fireplace will be your focal point (which it should be), I would wait to order a new sofa until I had the fireplace wall completed.
I can't tell what the goal is for the room's overall feel. Changing the fireplace to ledgestone would move in a rustic, casual direction, while replacing the leather sofa with a linen one would move in a more formal direction, in keeping with the chairs and existing fireplace. We can't see enough to know which fits better with the rest of your home. Which would you like better?
Here's a rendering that changes the sofa to linen, plus a few other tweaks (the major one being turning on the lights), so you can see what you think about keeping the formality: